Browsing: Mark Messier

Vegas, baby! The NHL Awards show — a usually ridiculous, barely entertaining, at times insufferable extravaganza of strained jokes and questionable music — is tonight in Las Vegas. And, yes, the team that had the best regular-season in the NHL, has just two finalists for any award — coach Alain…

My stories from lohud.com: GREENBURGH – With all their playoff experience, all their big-game guts for glory, there is only one thing the Rangers want to change. The ending. Because that’s been their motto since they played and lost three overtime games and shook hands in in Los Angeles last…

Click here for the boxscore with links to the game summary, etc. Thoughts: 1) So what do you make of that game? Not sure at all what I make of it, or where it came from, when 2-1 scores and smothering defense and superb goaltending were the order of the…

Click here to read my column from lohud.com. Click here to read Josh Thomson’s game story from lohud.com. Click here for the boxscore with links to the game summary, etc. Click here for Alain Vigneault’s post-game press conference video. Thoughts: 1) So the Fat Lady is taking up two seats…

Click here to read my column on Chris Kreider from lohud.com. Click here to read Josh Thomson’s game story from lohud.com. Click here for the boxscore with links to the game summary, etc. Click here for Alain Vigneault’s post-game press conference video. Thoughts: 1) First, I am not surprised that…

The Rangers will play Washington, which beat the Islanders in Game 7 of their first-round series Monday. We’re hearing Thursday is very likely Game 1. The Eric Clapton concert at the Garden Saturday can be moved if NBC decides it wants Rangers-Caps leading into the Kentucky Derby, or after the…

Don’t forget to join us at noon for a Live Chat prior to Game 1 — hopefully the first of many during these playoffs. Pre-game notes courtesy of the Rangers: NEW YORK RANGERS vs. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS Thursday, Apr. 16, 2015, 7:00 p.m. ET Madison Square Garden – New York, NY…

With the Islanders’ win in Pittsburgh Friday, the Capitals are now locked into the 2-3 series against the Islanders, and can clinch home-ice in that series with a win today, or with a point and an Islanders loss tonight in their regular-season farewell to Nassau Coliseum. The Rangers, I am…

Pre-game notes courtesy of the NYR: NEW YORK RANGERS vs. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS Friday, Apr. 24, 2015, 7:00 p.m. ET Madison Square Garden – New York, NY Penguins: 1-3 Rangers: 3-1 TONIGHT’S GAME The Rangers play Game 5 of their Eastern Conference First Round series against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Madison…

Pre-game notes courtesy of the NYR: NEW YORK RANGERS at WINNIPEG JETS Tuesday, Mar. 31, 2015, 8:00 p.m. ET MTS Centre – Winnipeg, MB Rangers: 47-21-7 (101 pts) Jets: 39-25-12 (90 pts) TONIGHT’S GAME The Rangers play their 76th game of the 2014-15 season against the Winnipeg Jets at MTS…